New Hampshire, 2001

High Wind in New Hampshire, February 10, 2001

February 10, 2001 · NWS BOX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Strong northwest winds gusted between 50 and 60 mph in Cheshire and Hillsborough Counties, causing about 10,000 electric customers to lose power. There were scattered reports of downed trees and wires in both counties.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.

Strong northwest winds gusted between 50 and 60 mph in Cheshire and Hillsborough Counties, causing about 10,000 electric customers to lose power. There were scattered reports of downed trees and wires in both counties.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 10, 4:55 AM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 4:55 AM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Cheshire

When
February 10, 9:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where
Cheshire forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
42.919, -72.251 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Hillsborough

When
February 10, 9:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where
Hillsborough forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
42.915, -71.716 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in New Hampshire in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New Hampshire, February 2001

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5231413, 5231414.